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The leader of the minority Democrats in the state Assembly says that Walker's announcement that he'd sign right-to-work legislation is an example of how the governor has misled the people of Wisconsin.

State and local officials are confused as to why Gov. Scott Walker has proposed transferring southwest Wisconsin’s Kickapoo Valley Reserve from the Department of Tourism to the Department of Natural Resources. Many people voiced their opposition to the switch during a community meeting Thursday night.

After an announcement from Republican leadership that they would hold a special vote next week to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state, a spokeswoman for Gov. Scott Walker said the governor would sign the legislation.

Richard Monette, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it's very likely that the Menominee Nation and Hard Rock International will take legal action to challenge the state's rejection of a proposed casino project.

The environmental group RePower Wisconsin says it's concerned that Mike Huebsch, Gov. Scott Walker's newest appointee to the Public Service Commission, will simply serve as a mouthpiece for the governor.

Health officials now say that a second potential case of measles in Portage County will probably not turn out to have been the disease. Tests for the other suspected case turned up negative earlier this week. Portage County Public Health Nursing Supervisor Melanie Baehr said the young child probably never...